Vedic Noble Ideals
## 🚩 Vedic Noble Ideals 🚩
### 🌻 Universal Welfare
यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तस्य त्वं प्राणेना प्यायस्व ।
आ वयं प्यासिषीमहि गोभिरश्वै: प्रजया पशुभिर्गृहैर्धनेन ।।
**Atharvaveda 7.81.5**
**Meaning:**
O Supreme Lord! Grant long life even to those who bear enmity toward us, and to those whom we consider enemies. May they too prosper, and may we also become prosperous. May all of us be blessed with cows, oxen, horses, children, grandchildren, livestock, homes, wealth, and grain. May there be welfare for all—and welfare for us as well.
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### 🌻 Universal Love
The Vedas do not teach hatred; rather, they proclaim:
उत देवा अवहितं देवा उन्नयथा पुन: । उतागश्चक्रुषं देवा देवा जीवयथा पुन: ।।
**Atharvaveda 4.13.1**
**Meaning:**
O learned and virtuous people endowed with divine qualities! Lift up those who have fallen. O wise ones! Repeatedly uplift those who have gone astray. O noble souls! Even those who commit offenses and sins—raise them up again and again. Awaken those engaged in sinful conduct; rekindle the light of their inner self.
यस्मिन्त्सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मैवाभूद्विजानत: । तत्र को मोह: क: शोक एकत्वमनुपश्यत: ।।
**Yajurveda 40.7**
**Meaning:**
When, in the state of Brahma-knowledge, all beings are seen as one’s own Self, then for the knower who perceives unity everywhere, what delusion or sorrow can remain? For one who loves all beings and sees them as equal to oneself, all grief and attachment come to an end.
अद्या मुरीय यदि यातुधानो अस्मि यदि वायुस्ततप पूरुषस्य ।
**Atharvaveda 8.4.15**
**Meaning:**
If I ever become one who causes suffering to others, or torments the life of any person, may I die at once—here and now.
यथा भूमिर्मृतमना मृतान्मृतमनस्तरा । यथोत मम्रुषो मन एवेर्ष्योर्मृतं मन: ।।
**Atharvaveda 6.18.2**
**Meaning:**
Just as the earth is inert and more lifeless than a corpse, and just as the mind of a dead person is dead, so too the mind of one who harbors jealousy and hatred becomes lifeless. Therefore, one should never hate anyone.
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### 🌻 Brahmic Power and Kṣātra Power (Knowledge and Strength)
यत्र ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च सम्यञ्चौ चरत: सह । तं लोकं पुण्यं प्रज्ञेषं यत्र देवा: सहाग्निना ।।
**Yajurveda 20.25**
**Meaning:**
That nation, world, land, or place where knowledge and strength—Brahmic power and Kṣātra power, spiritual brilliance and protective might—move together in harmony, and where citizens (the “devas”) are filled with sentiments of national progress, I regard that realm as pure and exalted.
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### 🌻 Character Building
प्र पदोऽव नेनिग्धि दुश्चरितं यच्चचार शुद्धै: शपैरा क्रमतां प्रजानन् ।
तीर्त्वा तमांसि बहुधा विपश्यन्नजो नाकमा क्रमतां तृतीयम् ।।
**Atharvaveda 9.5.3**
**Meaning:**
O human being! Completely abandon the evil conduct you have practiced. Then, through pure and noble conduct, advance as a person of wisdom. Crossing many forms of sin and darkness, and through meditation and yogic realization, behold the Unborn Brahman; transcending sorrow and delusion, ascend to the supreme state of blissful liberation.
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### 🌻 Love for the Divine
महे चन त्वामद्रिव: परा शुल्काय देयाम् । न सहस्राय नायुताय वज्रिवो न शताय शतामघ ।।
**Ṛgveda 8.1.5**
**Meaning:**
O imperishable Supreme Being! For even the greatest price or material gain, I shall never abandon You. O Mighty One, Lord of all wealth! I will not forsake You for a thousand, nor for ten thousand, nor for limitless riches.
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### 🌻 Walking on the Right Path
मा प्र गाम पथो वयं मा यज्ञादिन्द्र सोमिन: । मान्य स्थुर्नो अरातय: ।।
**Atharvaveda 13.1.59**
**Meaning:**
O Lord! May we never deviate from the righteous path. May we never fall away from peace-giving noble actions. May enemies such as desire and anger never overpower us.
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### 🌻 Sweet and Gentle Speech
वाचं जुष्टां मधुमतीमवादिषम् ।
**Atharvaveda 5.7.4**
**Meaning:**
May we speak words that are exceedingly pleasant and sweet.
होतरसि भद्रवाच्याय प्रेषितो मानुष: सूक्तवाकाय सूक्ता ब्रूहि ।
**Yajurveda 21.61**
**Meaning:**
O learned teacher and guide! You have been sent to impart beneficial instruction. Become a thoughtful person and deliver noble teachings for the welfare of the virtuous.
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### 🌻 Divine Outlook
यो न: कश्चिद्रिरिक्षति रक्षस्त्वेन मर्त्य: । स्वै: ष एवै रिरिषीष्ट युर्जन: ।।
**Ṛgveda 8.18.13**
**Meaning:**
The person who, driven by violent tendencies, seeks to harm us—such a sorrowful individual is destroyed by his own crooked conduct and evil nature. If he perishes by his own actions, why should I harm anyone?
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**Readers!**
How lofty and exalted these ideals expressed in the above Vedic mantras are! You may read all the literature of the world, yet you will not find thoughts more beautiful and elevating than these.
**With acknowledgment:**
*“Vedic Noble Ideals”* — Swami Jagadīśvarānanda Saraswati
Reproduced by Dr. Vivek Arya
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